Ironing-board



(l io Model.) I 1 P. P. WEBER.

YIRONING BOARD. Nm2871596' Patented Oct. 30, 1883.

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To all whom. it may concern I UNITED STATES PAT NT DEE-ICE.

PETER F. WEBER, E COLUMBUS, INDIANA.

lRONlNG-BCSARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part o Letters Patent No. 287,596, dated October to, 18 83. i I Application filed March 24,1883. (NomodeL) I Be it known that I, PETER F. WEBER, a eiti= zen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Bartholomew and State of. Indiana, have invented certain Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an ironing-board especially adapted for holding the neckband and bosom of a shirt during the process of ironing the same. a

The objects of my improvements are, first, to provide a means for holding the neckband of the shirt smoothly and at a suitable angle with the front of the shirt; second, to provide an improved means for straightening and holding securely the bosom of the shirt; third, an improved means for securing a cloth covering on the central portion of the board, all as hereinafter more fully described/ I attain these objects by means of the following-described mechanism, which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 represents a plan view of my ironing-board; Fig. 2, a side elevation; Fig.3, a cross-secti0n,0n the line as m,- Fig. 4, a similar section on the line z z, showing the cloth covering in position.

' The board a is of suitable size and shape to be inserted within the body of a shirt. A groove, 1), is formed in the upper surfaceof the board, leaving a central portion, 0, having semicircular ends, as shown. The sides of groove 2) do not form right angles with the surface of the board, but slant outward toward the edges of the board, as shown in F i g. 3.

For the purpose of securing a cloth covering to'the central portion, 0, of the board, a second groove, 6, Fig. 3, is formed in the side of groove b, said groove 6 being inclined inward all round 0, and the corners of a being rounded, as shown at ff. The cloth-covering is spread over the surface of c and there secured by a wire, h, drawn tightly around the overhanging edges and into the groove 6, as shown in Fig. 4.. To the top surface of c an extensible ring, 66, is secured. Said ring is slightly larger in diameter at the top, making its sides slightly flaring, and is formed of a thin strip of sheet metal, the ends overlapping and adapted to slide one upon the other. A

I spring-catch, 'i, fastened to one of the overlapping ends and entering any one of a series of holes, 9' j,'in the other, fastens the ends in any desired relative position. Holes j j may have numbers opposite them on the inside of the ring, indicating the number of inches in the circumference of the ring.

Ring d is secured to the board in the following manner: The side opposite the overlapping ends is fastened in afixed position to the. board by screws or staples driven through eyes won the ring. For the purpose of securing the other side of the ring to the board in different ,positions as the ring is expanded-or slot, Z, in a plate, m, which is fastened perma nently to the surface of the board. The edges 'of the slot in plate m enter suitable grooves inthe sides of block k, as shown in Fig. 3, so that the block is free to slide longitudinally thereon, but cannot be separated therefrom. A stud, it, passes through a slot, 0, in the side of the ring, and is fastened into the end of block is, thereby holding that side of the ring down to the board, but allowing the size of the ring to be adjusted to suit different-sized neckbands by sliding block in slot Z. A spring catch or "pin, 1), on the inner end of block 70 engages either one of a series of holes, r, in the plate, 'which holes are numbered to indicate the length in inches of the circumferenceof the ring. J

For the purpose of confining the shirt-bosom upon the board and stretching it smoothly thereon, a clamp, 8, formed of spring-wire, and of a general outline corresponding to the groove b, and having a handle, t, formedthereon, is hinged to board a at u. Said clamp is curved upward, and when in its normal position stands as shown in Fig. 2.

' The operation of my device is as follows;

contracted, a block, k, is fitted to slide in a ward the foot of the board at the same time, which has the effect of elongating and narrowing the clamp, so that its sides lie on top of c. The end of the clamp held by the operator is now quickly thrust inward, and the clamp is thereby spread in the direction of its width. It then slips down over the sloping sides of groove b, and draws the shirt-boso1n smoothly outward in all directions. The handle of the clamp now enters a notch, 22, cut in the board down to the bottom of groove 1), and the recoil of the spring-wire of which the clamp is formed forces it outward under the outer edge of the groove 1), thereby holding it down. The shirt-bosom may now be ironed in the usual manner, and the neckband may be nicely smoothed and shaped by pressing it with the iron against and around ring cl.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of an ironing-board 20 having groove 1), inclined outward and downward, and the spring-clamp s, hinged to said board, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with' an ironing-board, of adjustable ring d, sliding block k, plate m, 25 and means for securing said block in dilferent positions on said plate, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

PETER F. WEBER. Vitnesses:

E. E. SIOKLER, H. 1?. H001). 

